Public Administration Employment

NAICS 92 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Public Administration industry employed 23,317.0K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of -242K over 12 months. Source: BLS CES.

Monthly Employment (thousands, SA) — last 5 years

Show full history (1939–present, 1,047 months)
Monthly seasonally-adjusted employment (thousands) for Public Administration with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 23,317.0 -8
Feb 2026 23,325.0 -4
Jan 2026 23,329.0 -20
Dec 2025 23,349.0 -10
Nov 2025 23,359.0 -31
Oct 2025 23,390.0 -153
Sep 2025 23,543.0 +8
Aug 2025 23,535.0 -50
Jul 2025 23,585.0 -1
Jun 2025 23,586.0 +25
May 2025 23,561.0 -7
Apr 2025 23,568.0 +9
Mar 2025 23,559.0 0
Feb 2025 23,559.0 +2
Jan 2025 23,557.0 +28
Dec 2024 23,529.0 +25
Nov 2024 23,504.0 +18
Oct 2024 23,486.0 +37
Sep 2024 23,449.0 +13
Aug 2024 23,436.0 +36
Jul 2024 23,400.0 +61
Jun 2024 23,339.0 +9
May 2024 23,330.0 +33
Apr 2024 23,297.0 +1
Mar 2024 23,296.0 +85
Feb 2024 23,211.0 +71
Jan 2024 23,140.0 +49
Dec 2023 23,091.0 +55
Nov 2023 23,036.0 +43
Oct 2023 22,993.0 +45
Sep 2023 22,948.0 +41
Aug 2023 22,907.0 +70
Jul 2023 22,837.0 +45
Jun 2023 22,792.0 +70
May 2023 22,722.0 +80
Apr 2023 22,642.0 +62
Mar 2023 22,580.0 +42
Feb 2023 22,538.0 +54
Jan 2023 22,484.0 +119
Dec 2022 22,365.0 -14
Nov 2022 22,379.0 +86
Oct 2022 22,293.0 -4
Sep 2022 22,297.0 -9
Aug 2022 22,306.0 0
Jul 2022 22,306.0 +164
Jun 2022 22,142.0 +17
May 2022 22,125.0 +56
Apr 2022 22,069.0 +36
Mar 2022 22,033.0 +1
Feb 2022 22,032.0 -17
Jan 2022 22,049.0 -13
Dec 2021 22,062.0 +16
Nov 2021 22,046.0 +19
Oct 2021 22,027.0 -75
Sep 2021 22,102.0 -34
Aug 2021 22,136.0 +97
Jul 2021 22,039.0 +8
Jun 2021 22,031.0 +102
May 2021 21,929.0 +36
Apr 2021 21,893.0 —